rocki swiderski
rocki swiderski: POM–––PALM, Williamson | Knight, Portland, OR, 2018
Photo: Courtesy of rocki swiderski and Williamson | Knight
rocki swiderski (b.1994, California) lives and works in Tucson, Arizona. Spanning disciplines, swiderski manipulates color and form to capture the essence of the arid southwest. Breaking with the tradition of large-scale, pastoral depictions of the desert ‘sublime’, they instead focus on chance encounters, native species, or seemingly mundane depictions of brush and light, all of which are informed by their deeply spiritual commitment to noticing relationships between the land and it’s inhabitants.
SELECT Exhibitions
In-Habit, ZACC, Missoula, MT, 2024
Portal, Arusha Gallery. London, England, 2023
Open Window, Racecar Factory, Indianapolis, IN, 2022
Duets in Color Breathing, Spy Projects, Los Angeles, CA, 2022
tear jerker, lowell, Portland, OR, 2021
Red Root, Green Root, The Valley, Taos, NM, 2021
POM–––PALM, Williamson | Knight, Portland, OR, 2018
Brushing Out the Brood Mare's Tale, Nationale, Portland, OR, 2017
SELECT AWARDS AND Residencies
Artist in Residence, Open AIR @ Home Resource, Missoula, MT, 2023
Artist in Residence, MOCA Tucson AIR, Tucson, AZ, 2022
Grant Recipient, Artist Opportunity Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts, 2022